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DIFFERENT WORLD

I agree with the man that said it is a different world. I only can hope and pray that there is something we all can do to get the numbers of hunters back up. I was a wild teenager in the 80,s and if it had not been for the LORD JESUS and the sport of coon hunting I would not have lived very long, I would love to see the sport preserved for kids and kids like I was for that reason alone. Maybe there is something we all can do about it before it is too late, pray hard and take a kid coon hunting.

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HUNT HARD PRAY HARDER, VA.REB

Yep , Different World, thats what I was getting at earlier. My fathers time from 1913- 2003 as he knew it is gone. He'd watch the news and was shocked wondering what was going to happen to the world, each generation does. My world from 1945 til present looks very different to me than it did. Maybe there isn't enough baby boomers left to carry a fading sport.
Most of us would be hard pressed to give a really intelligent understandable answer to any one asking why we do this.

Lots of things have changed but I think there are to many hunts in certain parts of the country. If you can hit a hunt 6 nites a week you are going to split up the entries. Not to mention there are fewer hunters than in the past.

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Originally posted by Dale Young
Some of us grew up with dogs, hunting ,field trails, water races . All kinds, birds , rabbits, squirrels, coon, etc.. Most people were a bit more tolerent of dogs and hunting. Many people grew up with what I call an agricultural back ground on a farm or had relatives who farmed and thus had a better understanding of birth and death and the balance of where things belonged in life. Now days a kid who thinks he'd like a hound but lives in the city finds a multitude of dog laws about kenneling, noise, sanitation. More than many want to contend with even if the law isn't banging on the door. This has even spread to the country with all the 5 acre land barons around to give you trouble. The farms are disappearing and video games, face book, twitter and instant communications around the world is a lot easier and you don't have to feed it and care for it 365 days a year and defend your desire to do it from people who think you're crazy and certainly up to no good running around in the dark with dogs and guns. I'll be 65 soon and my father's world as he knew is gone. The worlds changing and our way is fading away.

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Hogue Hollow Kennels

Economy and loss of hunting spots has alot to do with lower numbers. Some guys have a hard enough time finding a big enough chunk of land to turn out a close hunting dog without problems,much less guiding and turning loose 4 hard going ones. I know alot of guys that have either slowed down considerably or quit hunting altogether because of loss of hunting spots.It's just gonna get worse. I am fortunate to still have quite a few spots to hunt,but i know it wont last forever. My boy will never be able to cover the amount of ground myself and my dad covered following hounds. Sad,but reality nonetheless.

We have alot of 5 acre urbanites to but I have found that the farmer that sold the land can get me permission to shoot coon in them spots.